ime of a&ual iciviec. Fromid&l always evcrtbekfit that if any fuch Officer (halt c found guilty by any General Court Martial duly affemhled, when any part of the Militia of the faid Province fhall not be called on a&ual fervicc, fuch Court Martial fcall and may inflict on him fuch penalty proportioned to the offence as the jEktd Court fhall judge proper, either by cenfurc, or fufpenfion, or depriving him of Ms Commiffion and degrading him lrom his rank, and no other. 11L /ir.d be it further enaFied by the au¬ thority cforefaU, That nothing in this Ad contained mall extend or be conftrued to extend, to repeal or vsry any of the pro- vifi-ms of the faid recited Adt, excepting fo far as the fame isexprefbly repealed in this AQ, but that the faid Aft and every claufe, matter and thing therein contained, except the faid twenty fifth claufe. (hall be, and the fame is hereby declared to be jn full force and effect. FOREIGN NEIVH. »**»*• ■ tat* • M 9 >****•*•«» Loudon, Salt) °.t>. Constable shot at Stockport. It is our painful duty to communicate to the public the following particular* of a mod outrageous and unprovoked attack upon Wm. Birch, affiHant deputy con- liable for the townfhip of Stockport, in the county of Cheftcr : In the evening of Friday Iaft, about a quarter before io o'clock at night, Wm. Birch, (who is aflldant deputy conflable of Stockport, and who had made himfelf obnoxious t» the reformers by having taken Sir Charles Welfeley into cuflody, and alfo from being the perfon fent to London with the bench-warrant againlt parfon Har'ifon) having brought Harrifm to Stockport, the circumllancc foon affcmbled round Birch'e hnufe, where Ilia prifoner was fecured. Several threats having been made by the mob that they would pull Birch** houfe down, ant! liberate HaruTcn, Birch felt it prudent to confult the Rev. Mr Prefcott (a magis¬ trate) what courfe he fhould adopt with regard to hi* prifoner, under the circum- flances. On his way to Mr. Prefeott's, and within a few yard** of that gentleman's Imufe, Birch was acceded by a man who calls himftlf Jofeph George Bruce (a perfon not much known in Stockport, but who ftates that he came lately from Lon¬ don, and lad from Dublin, and who has been for a few weeks afnfbnt to Harrifon jti his fchool ofrefoim, and fsalfo defig- natcd as Cecretary to the Stockport reform {•ciety.) This man entered into conver¬ sation wiih Birch, and two other perfons in Bruce's company joined them. Bruce kept liirch engaged in converfatinn, and breaded him fo as to prevent hid going on> the other two were paffing towards Birch's rear, who ihci began to fee! himfelf unfafe, and meditated a retreat ; particularly fo as 2 conGderable crowd were very near thtm ; however, before he had time to decide on any ftcp, one of the two men fired a fmall pillol, tke bullet from which paffed into Birch's bread about the pit of the flomach. and took a Hoping direction towards the right fide. Birch fcreamed smd leaped over the garden wall of a Mr. Lloyd, and reached the houfe of Doflor Killer before he fell; the three men then fled. The ball has not yet been exrradled, but hopes are entertained that the wounded Ai'ri mSf recover4". Three men (ove or whom is Eruee) have been taken into cuilody, and have undergone a ljng examination this day before the Rev. C Prefcott, j. W. Tatton, and Peter Marfland, Efqrs. ; two of them, viz Bruce and a perfon of the name cf David DavifiS, (who was one of the three prefent when the fhot was fired.) are ie sanded; the third has been dilcharged. The perfon who fired the pidol has not yet beer identified, from the Rate of the wounded man rendering it not advifable he (h*uld be d:fi orbed*. A troop of hotfe matched into Stock- port very early this morning, and the town remains quiet at this hour. iianifon has been liberated upon bail. Himf'.lf in ^500, and three fureties, one it) £250, the other two in £125 each. July 28. It is faid to be the intention of Govern* ftieot to convey all the future Itttlera to the Cape of Good HopeCoion}\to Algoa Bay, 0^ the fouth-cad coail of Africa, a- bout 520 miles fo»m Cape Town. 1 hefe fettlersarc to be located in ttte province, called by the Dutch, Ci Zaure Veldt;*' and is fituate * between the Sunday and " Great Filh Rivers. Wails run between Cape Town and Algoa Bay. They Ic2ve both places every week. Each coach is at prefect tine days on the road, going a didance of about 600 miles. It is eafv to fore fee how foon thefe toads and con¬ veyances will be improved, when a niafs of our intelligent and induftrious countrymen fhall l>e settled in this country, fo favour¬ ed by nature in foil and climate. ted 01h infant, stale*;, thai an alarming revolution had brokenoul at Cadiz.. The troops had refused to embark for South America. Gen. O'Dnnnel, (heComman¬ der in Chief, was at (ho head of the in¬ surrection. The troops were on their march f«r Madrid. General Don had received tin* particulars at Gibraltar b\ express from Cadiz.'1 The Paris papers of Monday last have arrived (his morning. The following are extracts :— M Paris, July 26.—Intelligence from Bonn state?, that several officers, accom¬ panied by a polite officer and some gen¬ darmes arrived here on the 19th Inst from IJerlin, and took into custody three Professors of the University, M. M. II. II. A rut and the two brothers Welker, whose papers they sealed up. M Carlcsruhe, July '10.—Tn the sit- ting of yesterday, the Upper Chamber received the official communication of the treaty concluded a! Frankfort on (lie 10th instant,, betweeen the Ministers of Austria, England, Prussia and Russia on the one part, and Rarou de Berckheira, on the other, by which the integrity of the States of the Grand Duke is acknow¬ ledged in their fullest extent, as also the order of succession in the Grand Ducal House, without any condition or onerous oblivion whatever. " The projet of a Constitution for flip Grand Duchy of Hesse is completed, and is about to be submitted to (he Prince : the libera! spirit of the Charter is much boasted of. ;; The Emperor Ar.rx.WDrn. has just secured to the widow of M. de Kotze- RCTthe continuance, during her life, of the salary enpved by her husband as Councillor of stafe.'* Don On is, the late Minister of Spam to the ("nited States. Ins fallen ififrfl di«- grace with King i'tiiinaud, even :\t Ihe very moment when he plumed himself mo<t on the favour of hi- master. An ar¬ gument is drawn from (!:W circumstance. thatthetreaty whefeUvthe Floridas wen* ceded to the United States, and which was altogether the-woik of Quiff, will rtof receive the sanction of the Court of Ma¬ drid. The troops of (he United States arc, however, in possession of Pensacola and St Marks.and we fear thatthe fLing of Spain, in his present imbecility, would find some difficulty in roeuius them from the talons of the republican eagle. The well known General Sarazin was tried before the Assize Court of Pans on Friday week, for bigamy, having marri¬ ed Miss Georgians Hutchinson, an Eng¬ lish Ladv, while a former wife was1 still Living. The General was found guilty, and sentenced to 10 years* hard labor, and fo pay 40,000 francs (onwards of £16,00 sterling) to Miss Hutchinson, by way of damages. Against this sentence General Sarazin has appealed. liOiidoUi Aug. 7. Meetings of Reformers. There is to be a meeting of the Radical Reformers at Mancheller on Monday next Hunt is to prefide, and" M;j <r Cartwright, and Sir Charles Wolfe ley, and other worthies, are to be prefent.— They intend to eledt two Refrefentatives to Parliament, for Manchester ami Sal for a' There has been a meeting at HndJer&field, but after puffing the ufual refoiutions in favor of Annual Parliaments, Univcrfal Sufi*'age, &c. they difoerfed peaceably- The Princef^of Waltn ha'» ^i*«r» n*;iU.t of her immediate retain 10 England, and ordered her palace at Kenfington to be denly left Berlin. By private letters from Liverpool, It appears, that the trade ot that port is as- turning considerable a&ivity : more than 20 000 bales of Cotton were f#ld in the courfe of la(l wcrk, and at an advance of id to i|d the lb. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope, dated May to, communicate information of another irruption of the CafFrees (who, by the lad accoi rt»i were fuDpofvd to be completely repn «i.) to the lumber of 30,000 men. I hey had crofted the river which divides tbttf territory fro.r. that of the Cape, and were committing the mofl extenfive drpredi'ions.—Orders had been iffued to compel the military fcrvice of the inhabitants of th< adjoining dillrfct, and all the horfes had b^n p»it into reqnifiti.n, in order to equip a pottion of them as caval¬ ry, tlie fpecies ot force heft calculated to repel the attack* of thefe dailardly but milchievous in#aders. Calcutta. March 24. A treaty ha« heen concluded by the Bon. Sir Stamford Raffles on the part of the moll noble the Governor General with the Soolfaun of .'ohore, and Tomangong of Siucapoure, pslabfehin^ a Briti«h Re¬ sidency under Major Farquhar, with a settlement on th^ ruins of the ancient capital of that Mnuiiry, over which we may congratulate nur readers that the IJrilMt Hag is now living; Sir Stamford Rallies having rr'urned from this expedi¬ tion to Pen a ng r#n the 1 -Iff!• of last month. The grant of thN island", which is situa¬ ted at the south' in extremity of the Pen* insula of Malacca tnay from lnf$1 cir¬ cumstances becoimc valuable to the Brit¬ ish government, especially when accom¬ panied, as we understand fhot it i^, with th<* privi'e^e of ' vtalili-.hinj- fnrth**r cr«f. rlemeuts along the o\tensive c*>**' °f -'n- riore : which must afford considerable proterti -n to our commerce in I'mt quar- kr. particularly to ?hip* pas^iiig (lirungfi rhe straits, and euahh? us (o watch tTw prt go s and proceedings of c.nr Batpvi- nn competitors, \V|; ther tl<»f prefer¬ ence in our faror which some hnve ima- gined may induce the natives °^ those parti to frequent a British selfl^nienl ra¬ ther than airy their merchandize for sale to a Dutch market, be id<-al o»r founded made ready for her. She is cxpc&ed to arrive in London the roth 111ft. Her re¬ turn was wholly unexpefled, and it is conjeftared was in confequence of the rumors circulated, that the Prince Regent intended to apply to Parliamei.t for a divorce from htr. She of courfe means to oppofe it. A Flanders mail arrived this morning, bringing Brufiels papers to the 4th inft. It iaftated, that thewh'>'e RuiTian Army is robe dividedTinto Colonies. The Regi¬ ments will be diftnouted over the whole extent of the Ruffian Empire, and divided ;ntocolonie> or futlements. In time of peace, they will cultivate the ground, along with d)C peafants. Merfuren, now ever, will be adopted* that they may be fpecdily aiTemblfd in time of war, and ready to go wherever circumllances may require. Aug- 8 The intended meeting at Mancheller, which has excited fo much alarm, will not take place- The magiltrates had an¬ nounced their inUniion to prevent it by force, and this led tht radical reformers to take legal ?,dv!ce. A Mr. Saxon has is- fued a placatd, in which he Hater, that he was inllrufled by Mr. Ranecock to fay, " that the intention of cheofir.o reprefen- tative*, contrary to the exiiling law, tends greatly to render the propofed meeting (editions ; under ihofe circomfiances, ii is deemed jullifiable in the magiftrates to prevent fuch a meetmg./' A requilition lia<, however, been [ refented to the Boroughreeve and cnnfiables to convene a meeting, '* to confilerof the molt legal and effectual n c ms of obtatutng a Reform in the Commons Uotlfe oi Parliament "■— Mr. Hunt i- said to be at ManchefUr. Private letters from Ber;in announce, that that Capital has recently been the theatre of frightful fecnes, and that the grealeft dilonkrcontinues* By the Dutch Mail, with papers to the 4th inft. we Cu\l the meeting of the Mimfters of the State, of all the principal Powers, at Carlsbad, excites much atten- rion,confidenng the prefent firnation of Germany ; a fit nation which certainly fcems to forebode an approaching crifi*. It ir, fetid that the King of Fruffia himfelf r it- ::• ura<>, lus let o?T for Carlfbad, and that the 2 LtauurccLlrciifroir.Gibraltarjda. M.'nillrtjcf Auftm and Kuflia had fud- 011 truth, we confess oursclvps wholly in¬ competent to decide. We apprehend thatthe Batavian governniC1'"'" feel mightily indignant at onr p^oceediu^, and be perhaps induced to take such measures in consequence, as #>ay termi¬ nate 1:1 their own linal emicrr>l'01' from all their eastern possessions. This would be the natural and merited punishment of an attempt to monopolize >hat which nature has declared free for aM* We understtttidthat th-nec^^^fy mea¬ sures have been adopted fur pitting the new settlement of Siucapoure w * proper state of defence, that every possible en- couragsmeni.to those who m-ty he desi¬ rous ol establishing themselv-el there9 by the remission of all duties f»»# a certain peril d, and such farther irtdutg^ncies a> maybe considered likely to contribute to (he future welfare of the i^lony. Ir is farther stated, that one flf f,'e two small vessels which we fortrierly men¬ tioned to have been sent by rl|C Dutch lor the purpose of watching tl'^ motion-* ofourexpedition, hud been di-patehefl by the Malacca Resident im-r -tliately on i.n'..iii«'4»x <* oui ■u-.nTx. at Slr.capourc Hilha re-mest-that [he [Jatarian Govern¬ ment would lose no fme ;u sending their Admiral properly Quipped with :avaK military and diplomatic powers, for the purpose, as was Supposed, of crushing this young hydra in jts infancy. It was expected (h^t Sir S.(mfn,d ftallle?. would shortly proceed to Aeheen a«nrl after¬ wards 10 Beiieoolen, having previously revisited his new establishment at Siuca- poure> The British frigate Orlando has been condemned in lurlia as utrseaw orthv. The Pluxton frigate, from England, with a large amount in specie, has arri- ved at Calcutta. The ship Mysore, of Calcutta, from Canton for Suez, foundered oil" Palo Sa- pata3 in a severe galcj and the rapt. (Do- hie,) 1st, 3d, and -itlr orlicer% ami about 90 lascars, of her crew, perished. She was laden with the produce of China, by an Italian. A now ship of i 1 I 1 fo:>s? pierced for 50 gins, and built for the iniaum of Muse-it, was launched at Bombay, in Feb. last. She was named the Shaw Al- lum. the rest were loyai and devoted to the king. That he called a grand review of the whole (preparatory to divulging pub¬ licly the Scheme that they thought was about to be consummated) at St. Mary's, over the hay of Cad:/. That he secretly uave orders that the disaffected regiments should be provided with blank cartridg¬ es, and the loyal (5000) with ball, the latter of which he took command of in person, formed them into a square, and under pretence of having some orders to communicate, called all the officers of the other regiments to the centre, when he informed them they icere prisoners; then riding up to their division ordered it to ground aims.—Seeing they were be- trayed, and panic struck at the capture of all their officers, the troops, 15,000 in number, laid down their arms and fled in the greatest consternation in every di- r ctiou. nor was any effort made to stop them* The officer* were put in confine¬ ment, consisting of eighteen general and eight hundred subalterns. O'Donnell himself ha^gone to Madrid to know what is to be dire with them, and what men- Mires ere necessary to be taktn in such an I'xfremity. " Such is the history of the business, as we get it from the officers who have lied to this place, and from travellers co¬ rning over. No one dare trust an account of ii upon paper, through the Post Office. This is however Sufficient to j!iow that the expedition is destroyed, which tnese oilicerssay no power of the King can rc- store J It is not to be supposed that so great a rebellion is ever at once—more may be looked for. "The treaty is in statu quo, and the whole of oar squadron in the harbor— part of it, however, moves in a few days up the Mediterranean/' il appears were concerned mi the con¬ spiracy—three of (hem fied and have just now arrived here, one of whom had sub¬ scribed one hundred thousand dollars to rai e the ways and mean** *• Capt. Sobine Sears, who has been long a captive of the Spaniards, and con¬ fined on the island of Mellillo, on the Coast of Caibary, had made his escape and got amongst the Moors. It is ex¬ pert d he is now at Tangier*.:' 20th.—New troubles hare brokenout in Valencia—Elio, the Governor, is said to have been assassinated !" <fi2Ist.—A letter from Cadiz this morn¬ ing, says—" Twenty five hundred" troops have been embarked under a strong con¬ voy, believed for Caraccas." It is foppofed that he "intends to make an attempt to recover Porto Bello. From the dilpofitions made hy Bolivar, to at¬ tack the vice-royalty of Santa Fe, it 'it believed that MacGregor's expedition will have a favorable relult. N. F. Evening Post, S<pt 15. Foreign news*—By the Robert Fu|. ton. from Liverpool, wis have received London papers to the Wh August. Des- patches had been received at St. Helena to the 7th of June- J'onaparte's new mansion is represented to be in a state of great forwardness, but that ln. takes no notice of it. He still continues intlexi- hie in his determination not fo admit vis¬ itors, Ptid it is a long time sirrce he hail been seen by the inhabitant*. Some are apprehensive the bird lias ilown. Birch, the constable, who was shot by the reformers at Stockport, while he had in custody parson Harrison, is in a fair way to recover. The ball had been ex¬ tracted ; but the a'sasHu had not bee* discovered.—Meeting* centiuue to be held in the disturbed f'istrirts, and arm¬ ed associations a e forming to keep the disaffected in cluck. A letter from Bilboa, dated July 22, says—c"The principal object of the pro¬ ceedings against Don Onis, M. Pizarro and M. Casa d'Irujo, i* connected wrtk the treaty of cession of the Floridas, in which these diplomatists, it is said, have exceeded the King's intentions." It- was reported m London on- the 6th of An?, that uegoe'alions was going for¬ ward between the Government of Great Britain and Spain for peimisMon for the British commissioners in Mexico to trans- mit to London specie to the amount of ten millions of dollars in ships of war. ■ Spanish Expedition*. Madrid, July 22. Oil the 18th inft 30CO men failed frcm Cadiz, on board twelve large tranfports, convoyed by the frigate" Sabina, and the 1**8 kigero. General Cagigal commands them. It »9 thought they are bound to reinforce general Morillo in Ventzuella. The ex miiiiHers Pizarro, and Cafa Yrujo arc now lodged in a convent near this city, to facilitate their accefs to the court which is fpeedily to try them. Some of the charges againlt Don de Oris, M. Pizarro, and Cafa d'Yrujo, are connected with the Florida treaty, in which thefe diplomatics 2re faid to have exceeded the king's intentions ; and to have merited the rigorous meaiures adopted agaiuft them. From the London Courier of July "29, City half-pnst one— Mr. Hase, from the Bank of England, has just now made a communication to the Stock Exchange. that tlr Hank of England decline taking Ju the Orr.nium (that is, that they will r.ot pay the future instalments on being allowed 5 p^r cent, interest for the ad¬ vance.) The Fund- have already fallen a half per cent. Great lluctuatious are ex pi cttfd- The following infell:g.-nrr li as reached the cit\ 1 ..is mornifu, in private letters from Gibraltar. We reftfived if, just as we were tpntg to pi'-v, wi'I I'iveil, upon the ai v authority, without vouching fo From the Norfolk Herald. Sept. 13. From Spain—Important ! !—From our correspondent in Gil>rallar we have received the following interesting com¬ munication. Grna utar, July 19. t,c Vou will hare heard so touch about the banishment "I the Marquis Vruji- from Madrid. bef< re this can get to band, thai it in ustdess to trouble y..-u with the story now. A matter *'! mnre in^port- anee is before me : the grand expedition at Cadiz is gone tn the dcviL dust r.i (lie montenttnat 3O^CJ00 troops were in the highest stat" ol equipment for foreign service, 15,000 laid down their arms and scampered nti* m all directions ! !! 4i Several fogiti^* officers have arrived here, who state *•':if O'Donnell, th'eii Governor and Chi- '", from the first, had projected a plan that when the expedi¬ tion was complete? instead of embarking the troops for Soii'h A ue-rica, he would march them to M idrid, and demand the ConflUtutton and t t)Vt'^ i tfi'Jtin the pro- L'jess of this plot Nc fiaf' 'niisfedtlie (Ge¬ neral and subaltcr" /,!:':' '*** and three- fcurthh of the amO^ 'lllti found out that Cadiz, July 2 4. K As tc the political (late of things, 1 confidcr them very critical, fuch as mud ultimately (and when at lead expedled) be attended with ferious refults, as a general difotder prevails throughout the whole kingdom, and among all ranks of people. \ ou will have heard no doubt of the late confpiracy in the army, encamped between Xeres (Sherry) and Port St. Mary's which was unfortunately, or I fhould rather fay treacheroufiy overfet by the very man who is (aid to have been the chief promoter thereof, O'Donnell. He has thereby loft bis popularity, both here and in the army, and I think he will be very lucky if he comes off with only that lofs. It has been a mott treacherous piece of bufinefson his part, if what is faid be true. Upwards of 200 office™ of all rar:ks -re under arreft, in different caftles, with (entinels at their doors. Tt feems the plan was to re-eftab'ifh the conftitution, and was to have taken place on the 8th inft. " The treaty is not yet ratified, and it is a doubt with many whether it will be." Cadiz, Augufl 6. According to Madrid advices, 3,000 men failed from Cadiz on the 18th ultimo in twelve heavy tranfports, efcorted by the Sabina frigate, of 40 guns, and the armed brig Ligero 'I hey are under the orders of Gen Cagigil, who had a high com¬ mand in Caraccas, previouflyor about the time the revolution broke out there—It is therefore prefnmed this expedition is bound to that quarter ; but it is not known whether Cagigil fupcrfedes Morillo. Rogers, had left Liverpool for Ruifia. The Edinburgh Scotfman announces the death of Profcfl&r Playfair. Meetings bad been held at Wakefield, Rochdale, Leeds, I aiflcy, and at other places, and from 4000 to 30,000 perfons were aflcmbled, at which refoiutions were paffed allcdging that tlie caufe of the diftrefs of the cintry was to be found in the burden of taxation, and rn the bad syflem of government, and calling for annual parliaments and univerfal fuffrige. A Carl 1 lie paper Hates that forty perfons had been killed in a coal mine in the Sheriff hill pit, at Gatefhead, near New- caflle on Tyne. Had the accident hap¬ pened an hour later, one hundred perfent would have perifhed. This dreadful ac¬ cident is faid to have proceeded from mifrr.anagement in one of the faf<$;y lamps. From the Boston Pafr?\ f Sept. 14. Nitpoleon.—Tire British Statesman , says : " C. M. Ui/kett, es |. of the. East India Company civil serri-e, arrived in- town with despatches from the governor of St. Helena, While on that Uland ie had an interview with Bonaparte, who was so ill as to be obliged to receive Mr. RieUett's visit io bed. Sirllud-on Lowe, it would seem, begins to be alarmed at the consequence of the unfeeling man¬ ner in which he had treated the Prisoner of Nations-^ and is said to have allowed Mr. Rickelt to bring a communication, from Napoleon to our ^overnmenf. Its- nature has not transpired, but may easily be anticipated." The London Star observes "While the Astle'lndinman (just arrived in the- river) was at St. Helena, C. M. Rickety esq. of the company's finl service, who, was pas?enger in her, had an interview whh Bonaparte, who was so much iudrsi posed, that he received Mr. R.'s visit in bed. This gentleman is the bearer of a communication from the Ex-Emperor to our Government, and also of despatches from Sir Hudson Lowe, with which on- landing at Portsmouth on Saturday af¬ ternoon, he immediately set off for Lou¬ don.—The cholera morbus, which had proved so dreadlul a scourge from one end of Asia to the other, had entirely disappeared in the Company's territo¬ ries/' • ■ " Trinidad, July 2G. There is nothing of confequence lately from t"ae Main, liolivar has advanced a confidcrable diflance into New Grenada, which is reprc-fented as being in a ltate of rebellion. Paez was on the A pure, keeping the royaltuVs there in cheek. The independents it is felly believed, have had the adtantage in every Ikirmilh with the royalifts this campaign; but they are a vagabond fet altogether." A letter from Aux Cayee, dared the Tjthcl July, fays : ** MacGrcgor, with ab>m» 300 men, e-oearked hft night in this rood,on board of three or lour vcScU. | From the Nashville Clarion** Passage across the Isthmus of Darien. Caron Humbolt offers nine point9 which- have each been fuggefted as fuitable points from which a canal acrofs from the Atlan¬ tic to the Pacific ocean could be made. General Aberciombie made fome minute furveys on the fame fubjc6t fome years a- go, and laid his calculation and etlimateof the labour before the Britilh mini(lry;but nothing has been done. It is now fuppo- fed that in cafe an independtnt govern¬ ment fhould be eftabli/hed in Mexico, the projeel will be revived. The waters of the gulf are faid to be confiderably higher than thofe in t!se Pacific ocean ; owing tc> the trade winds, which blowing from the call, heap them up and force them to es¬ cape through the fireighta of Florida* thereby OCCalioRtng what we call the gulf dream. By cutting a paffagc acrofs the l(lh- nuw of Darien, or rather through a flat country, *( between the head of Nicuragua in 1 2 degrees north latitude^ fays Dam- pier, and the coali Nicoga, where there are no mountains, would make only 20 miles acrofs a favanna country covered with trees, then the waters v/ould iufh through the opening, and by degtees wear a fine and wide channel, till the two oceans would become nearly on the fame level.** m The navigation to the Eafl Indies wntrid be (hortrned near len thoufand nules. The waters would ncede from the coaft" all round the ^ulph, and increafe the territi^ ricH of the bordering conimietr- The Well ludu illandtt would grow ff-